Hogg-Wild: Burt Reynolds crushes on Willie Nelson

July 29, 2005 Hogg-Wild: Burt Reynolds crushes on Willie Nelson Thank the show business gods for Burt Reynolds (far left), talk show raconteur. On Thursday s

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July 29, 2005

Hogg-Wild: Burt Reynolds crushes on Willie Nelson

Thank the show business gods for Burt Reynolds (far left), talk show
raconteur. On Thursday's Tonight Show, he told Jay Leno how much he
loves his Dukes of Hazzard costar Willie Nelson (near left). And when I
say ''loves,'' I'm not exaggerating much. Quoth Burt: ''When I worked with Willie Nelson, who is
just about the nicest man I've ever worked with in my life, the sweetest,
kindest man, I thought, 'If I'd have been gay, it would have saved me
millions.''' The 69-year-old actor added that, if he and the 72-year-old singer
had become a couple way back when, they'd still be ''happily together.'' I don't
know what Nelson thought of Reynolds, but I'm just glad they didn't work their
relationship into the movie. A romance between Boss Hogg and Uncle Jesse might
just have sent poor Cooter over the edge.

Posted by Gary Susman | 07.29.05, 02:36 PM

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I doubt the relationship would have saved ole' Burt much money. First, he
would have had to post bail god knows how many thousands of times for Willie's
Marijuana busts, AND he would have to have used them millions to pay off the IRS
when Willie's tax problems surfaced. My guess is that financially, anyway, Burt
was better off with Lonnie...